Number-plate holder



A. G. EK LOF.

NUMBER PLATE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I5, I92I.

1,4033%, Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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@TATES FiFlQE earner ARTHUR G. EKLOF, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

NUMBER-PLATE HOLDER Application filed. January 15, 1921. Serial no.437,560.

To (4, 1 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. EKLor, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNumber-Plate Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to number-plate holders adapted to be adjusted toembrace plates of different sizes; and the object of this invention isto provide such a holder more particularly adapted to carry numberplates for motor vehicles, the same belng constructed of four cornersections, each section being provided with a pair of arms extending atright angles to each other, and the arms of the different sections beingadjustably connected together, each section being also provided with apocket for the reception of the corners of the plate.

A further object of this invention is to raise the platecorner-receiving pockets above the plane of its arms sufficiently tosupport the plate clear of the heads of the connecting bolts to preventthe plate from rattling against the bolt heads while vibrat- A stillfurther object of the invention is to provide flexible pads in thecorner pockets to bind the corners of the plate and so again preventrattling.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved adjustable number-plateholder, illiilstrating the outline of the number plate in dotted lines.7

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the directionof the arrow.

Figure 8 is a section on line S3 of Fig ure 1, looking in the directionof the arrow and illustrating the bracket by which the holder is securedin position on the frame of a vehicle.

Figure i is a perspective view illustrating one of the plate-receivingcorner pockets.

lVith reference to the drawings, 10 desig nates the different cornersections of my im proved number-plate holder, each section beingprovided with two arms, a long arm 11 and a short arm 12. Each of thesearms is slottedlongitudinally as at 13, and each arm of each sectionoverlaps the corresponding arm of the next adjacent section, and abinding bolt let is passed through the slots of both overlapping arms tobind these arms together in adjusted" position.

In order to hold the ends of these arms in line with each other, I haveprovided a lug 15 on the end of each arm, shaped to extend up into theslot of the next arm; by which construction but a single binding bolt ineach pair of arms is necessary to maintain alinement.

Each of these corner sections is provided with a corner pocket 16 whichis raised by the short-necked portion 17 above the plane of its arms anda pad 18 is positioned in the bottom of each pocket to serve as acushion against which the number plate 19 rests to prevent rattling ofthe plate in-these corners.

Then again it will be noted that by raising these corner pockets asufficient distance above the plane of the arms the plate will be clearof the bolts 14, sufiiciently, so as not to strike thereagainst duringthe constant vibration caused by the. running vehicle.

In practice plates carrying the low numbers are much smaller than thosecarrying the higher numbers or multiplicity of characters. Therefore itis found desirable to make the plate holders adjustable to accommodatethese different sized plates.

When a plate is positioned in a holder it is only necessary to loosenthe four bolts,'expand the parts sufliciently to pass the corners of theplate into the four corner pockets, after which the sections are forcedtogether to bind the plate firmly in position and the bolts 14: setup tobind the whole permanently in position.

Iii-order to connectvthe holder to the frame of a vehicle I have shownrearwardlyextending bracket 20 having a clamping member 21 adapted to beset tightly onto the part 22 by means of a bolt 28.

The device is extremely simple and practical in construction andeffective in its operation and by its use only the faces of the roundingpockets are visible, the rest of the frame being concealed behind theplate.

The foregoing description is solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understod that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being defined and directed v limited onlyby claims.

I claim:

1. A number-plate holder comprising a frame having four sections eachhaving a pair of arms extending at right angles to each other,connecting members for securing said arms to the complemental arm of theadjacent section, and each section having a plate-receiving cornerpocket raised above the plane of its arms sufiiciently to supporttheterms ofthe appended V the plate thereon above said arm-connectingmembers.

2. A number-plate holder comprising a

